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APACHE STONE, INC.: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Apache Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by David Allbritton
Bell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103906

APACHE STONE, INC. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
21
significant & substantial
$7,449
proposed penalties
$5,699
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,750 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Apache Stone Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
140
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 140 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

APACHE STONE, INC. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
56.8%
significant & substantial
32.4%
high negligence or reckless
56.8%
reasonably likely or greater
73.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.8% low, 56.8% moderate, 32.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20020019M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $4K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

APACHE STONE, INC. recorded 31.80 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
31.80
total case rate
7.95
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Daugherty Stone Company 1996 to 1999
  2. Apache Stone Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 10
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

APACHE STONE, INC. sits in Bell County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bell County, Texas · Population 379,811
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$66,051
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 120 2 2 16666.7
2001 Q2 8,890 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,991 6 1 2006.0
2000 Q4 2,550 17 11 6666.7
2000 Q3 13,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 272 9 4 33088.2
2000 Q1 8,893 4 3 449.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

April 11, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bobcat operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WALKED THROUGH AREA WHERE ROCK WAS BEING CLEANED FROM LOADING BOX AND WAS STRUCK IN FOREHEAD BY A ROCK THROWN FROM BOX TO JUNK AREA.

2000 · 4 incidents

November 29, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Apache Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING WITH HAND GRINDER FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT INTO EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES

October 2, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP STONE IN BENT POSITION, HE TURNED TO PUT STONE IN CONTAINER & FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK

September 22, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Apache Stone Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS STANDING BY THE WET SAWS SKID STEER OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP WHEN HE TURNED INTO SHARP LEFT TURN STRIKING EE IN CHEST AREA WITH FORKS KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

April 4, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apache Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASHED FINGER BETWEEN 2 STONES ON CONVEYRO TABLEFEEDING CHOPPER CAUSING LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND

1999 · 1 incident

August 18, 1999 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Apache Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING ROCK INTO CHOPPER BY HAND. DID NOT REMOVE HAND FULLY FROM BLADE AREA. BLADE CAUGHT GLOVED FINGER (NEXT FINGER FROM LITTLE FINGER) CAUSING ABRASION. 1ST AID CONSISTED OF CLEANSING WITH ANTISPETIC SPRAY, APPLYING ANTIBIOTIC CREME, & BANDAGING. EE WENT TO HIS DR AFTER WORK 2 STITCHES WERE SEWN. EE RET TO WORK REG TIME